Announcing the Latest Release of Microsoft Virtual Earth!
See what's new in Virtual Earth 6.2:
- New mobile support: Rich imagery optimized for mobile devices.
- Enhanced international opportunities: More support and detail for more countries.
- Richer data: New geocoding and parsing improvements – over 85 million addresses.
- Enhanced functionality: More ways to search for more types of mapping information.
The Virtual Earth platform continues evolving with each new release to offer new map detail and precision imagery, feature enhancements, and robust platform capabilities.
Creating Your Solution
The Virtual Earth platform delivers the flexible development tools and robust features and functionality to enable customers in every industry to better connect with customers, visualize business information, and manage resources. Learn more about the Virtual Earth platform features and functionality to customize your business solution.
Mapping the Platform
Virtual Earth is focused on expanding global coverage for its precision imagery features and other functionality. Learn more about the Virtual Earth platform’s geographic coverage.
Running It Right
Learn more about the software requirements needed to run Virtual Earth. From SOAP API requirements to accessing the Virtual Earth MapPoint Services and more, get the information you need around system requirements to customize your business solution.
Working with Virtual Earth
Virtual Earth offers flexible licensing and pricing options to meet your business requirements. Should you have questions, you can access contact information to speak with a licensing specialist to better understand the options for the particular solution you have in mind.
Asking All the Right Questions
Read through our FAQ to customize your business solution.
Enhancing the Virtual Earth Platform
Learn how you can enhance the development around Virtual Earth with tools and add-ins like MapCruncher Beta for Microsoft Virtual Earth and Virtual Earth–3DVIA to customize your business solution.










